FOUR OAKS -- Herm Ingram, 86, of 2654 Shaw Pond Road died Monday. He was a Navy veteran and a retired merchant. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday in West Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. Sara Shields. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Mr. Ingram is survived by four daughters, Annette Boyette of Montpelier, Va., Jane Blackman of Newton Grove, Julia Willis of Spiveys Corner and Cora Langdon of Clinton; four sons, Larry Ingram of Garner, Jesse Ingram and W.F. Ingram, both of Lakewood, Calif., and Russell Ingram of Midway City, Calif.; a sister, Clyde Stanley of Greensboro; two brothers, Earl Ingram of Pinehurst and Owen Ingram of Four Oaks; 20 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Newton Grove Rescue Squad or to a favorite charity.